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English
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A History of Kirtland Camp : Its Initial Purpose and Notable Accomplishments
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Provo, UT
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Brigham Young University
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Master's thesis
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This study is a history of a group of Latter-day Saints who travelled from Kirtland, Ohio to Adam-ondi-Ahman, Caldwell County, Missouri during the late summer and early autumn, 1838. The group numbered between five and six hundred when they left Kirtland and had diminished to approximately half that many at the end of their journey.
The official name, "Kirtland Camp," was adopted by the group which was originally founded and governed by seven men, i.e. the Seventies Presidency in Kirtland.
The camp was organized to assist Church members who otherwise would have been unable to escape persecutions in Ohio. Camp membership consisted of those who were elderly, infirm or lacking necessary finances to flee by themselves. Although sickness, death and dissension plagued the camp members during their exodus, faith, determination and able leadership contributed to the successful completion of the trek.
The formulation of Kirtland Camp and the unique nature of its Camp Constitution became the pattern for the organization of later Mormon pioneer exiles under Brigham Young.
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Anson Call and His Contributions Toward Latter-day Saint Colonization
Church Chronology
Encyclopedic History of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Pioneer and Personal Reminiscences
The Growth of the Mormon Church in Kirtland, Ohio
The Historical Record
Theirs is the Kingdom
The Life and Contributions of Isaac Morley
The nature and cause of internal and external conflict of the Mormons in Ohio between 1830 and 1838